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ØWeb pages

Ø Outreach activitiesØ Media relations

Space Weather PR/Outreach within the SOHO mission

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SOHO Web pages

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SOHO Web pages – Real time images

q SOHO Real-time displayØ Used by SEC, public, comet chasers

q SOHO Real-time Screen SaverØ (more the 450,000 distinct users)

119 mill hits

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SOHO Web pages – Space Weather

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SOHO Web pages – The Best Of

10 mill hits

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SOHO Web pages - Hotshots

q High-light of the week or other interesting science results

40 mill. hits

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SOHO Web pages - Pick of the Week

Started as a service to the American Museum of Natural History’s Rose Center in New Yorkq These are displayed on the Astronomical Bulletin area (a 4 m video wall)q Now added as a feature on the SOHO web pages

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SOHO Highlight Tape

q SOHO Highlight Video tape (BETA)Ø Continuously updated

q SOHO Highlight DVD is being developed

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Sun Earth Connection Exhibit

q Space Weather exhibitØ Includes hands-on scienceØ SOHO highlight video part of the exhibit

q The exhibit has previously visited Baltimore, Denver, Sacramento, Chicago, and GSFCq On its way to El Paso Science Center.

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SOLARMAX

q Support screenings of the SOLARMAX IMAX movieØ Chicago (first time in USA), Seattle, Washington DC, Copenhagen, OsloØ Includes keynote lectures, SOHO/CLUSTER models, ESA backdrop wallsØ DVD version soon ready (includes the ESA SOHO CD as a bonus)

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SOHO 5 Year AnniversarySun Earth Day

q 5 Year anniversaryØ 40 different places in 14 European countriesØ 10 events in USA/Canada

q Colouring book, Sticker

q SOHO Highlight presentation (PowerPoint)

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Sun-Earth Days

q More than 40 European events. Initiative by Solar Physics Section (SPS)q Coordinated by P. Brekke, Lyndsay Fletcher, and Mats Carlssonq Large amount of PR material provided by NASA and ESA

q Web page: http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/sunearth2003/

q Support the US Sun-Earth Days (e.g SOLARMAX in Baltimore)

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Press collage

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SOHO Images on Commercial ProductsCD-covers

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SOHO Images on Commercial Products

q Extensive use of SOHO images on commercial productsØ Books, CD’s, puzzles, magazines etc.

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Aurora 2001

q Aurora 2001 is a dance, music and visual presentation about the auroraq Produced by Maida Withers (professor of Theatre and Dance – George Washington University)q SOHO images play a key role in this multimedia performanceq Special screening at the National Air and Space Museum 3 February 2001q World premier in Tromso, Norway last weekq First official play in US at the Lisner Auditorium (1400 seats), Washington DC on 15 Februaryq Plan to tour Europe as wellq ESA well mentioned in all promotion of these events

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The Sun as Art

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PR Material

q SOHO CD-Rom (270.000 copies)Ø Ciel et EspaceØ Astronomy NowØ Sterne und WeltraumØ OrioneØ SOHO CD –Museum versionØ SOHO CD –IMAX version

q SOHO postersq SOHO- CME Lenticulars (3D cards)

q SOHO stickers

q Business Cards

q SOHO paper model

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SOHO CD – 2003 Edition

New version of the SOHO CD: Exploring the Sun

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PR material from NASA

q The Dynamic Sun (100 000)

q SOHO Litho Sets (30 000)Ø 14 of SOHO’s most spectacular images with explanations.

q New Views of the Sun – poster (80 000)

q SOHO stickers (150 000)q SOHO – Paper model

q Working on a new poster for grad-students:

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SOHO Web pages – Media

q What happens if the Sun gives us a show!!

q MEDIA COVERAGEq Researchers Watch Solar Eruption Sideswipe Bright Comet (Science, March 2003, 2003) q UFO Frenzy (CNN.com, March 5, 2003) q Alleged NASA Cover-up of Menacing 'NEAT' Comet Threat is Pure Bunk, Experts Say (SPACE.com, February 28, 2003) q Bright Comet Dives Near Sun (Science, February 24, 2003) q "Neat" kehrt nach 37.000 Jahren zur Sonne zur ück (Wissenschaft, February 24, 2003; article in German) q La cometa Neat viaggia verso ilSole (CorrirreDella Sera, February 20, 2003; article in Italian) q Comet Returns to our Solar System after 37,000 years (in.gr, February 20, 2003; article in Greek) q Website offers NEAT view (Astronomy.com, February 20, 2003) q Komet Neat flog durch Sonnensturm (Spiegel, February 20, 2003; article in German) q Reviewing the Comet Show (MSNBC, February 20, 2003) q Hot Comet (CNN, February 19, 2003) q Folg gigant-komet pa internett (VG Nett, February 18, 2003; article in Norwegian) q Comet NEAT Outward Bound (Sky & Telescope, February 19, 2003) q Se gigantisk komet i møte med Sola (Forskning , February 18, 2003; article in Norwegian) q Komet NEAT (TV2, February 18, 2003; article in Norwegian) q Kjempekomet i ekspressfart forbi solen (Aftenbladet, February 18, 2003; article in Norwegian) q Kometenvorbeiflug an der Sonne im Internet zu verfolgen (Wissenschaft-Online, February 18, 2003; article in German) q Amazing Live Images: Sungrazing Comet Possibly Hit by Solar Eruption (SPACE.COM, February 18, 2003) q Comet returns after 37,000 years (BBC News, February 18, 2003)

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What happens if the Sun gives us a show?

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Geomagnetic Storm

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Media StormMEDIA COVERAGE

q http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/29/solar.storm/q http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/30/solar.storm/q http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/28/solar.flare/index.htmlq http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/29/solar.storm/index.htmlq http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34487-2003Oct29.htmlq http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/30/science/30SOLA.htmlq http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/science/AP-Solar-Flare.htmlq http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/science/29CND-SOLA.htmlq http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-space-flare.htmlq http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20031027/solarflare.htmwww.scq http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20031029_349.htmlq http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=3727682q http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltraum/0,1518,271350,00.htmlq http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltraum/0,1518,271802,00.htmlq http://www.stern.de/wissenschaft/kosmos/index.html?id=514981& nv=hp_rt_alq http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2188452q http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/space/2188502q http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/10/29/sun031029q http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2003 -10-29 -solar-storm_x.htmq http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=137958& nid=220q http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2003 -10-28 -solar-flare_x.htmq http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31894-2003Oct28.htmlq http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35270-2003Oct29.htmlq http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994326q http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31894-2003Oct28.htmlq http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35270-2003Oct29.htmlq http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994326q http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994324q http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994313q http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3220559.stmq http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/24/solar.forecast/index.htmlq http://www.startribune.com/stories/789/4173071.htmlq http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/sun/article_1084_1.aspq http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3210901.stm

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Media coverage

64CNN-Euro

CNN/BBC coverage during the SOHO mission

526665BBC Online

9816(6)17(6)446CNN.COM

03020100999897

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Links to our web pages

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SOHO Web PagesWeb traffic

Web traffic

New records last month:

Monthly: 41 mill 6.2 TByteWeekly: 22 mill 3.8 TByte

Daily: 6.9 mill 1.1 TByte